But with plenty of major characters to his name, there’s one particularly controversial one Cumberbatch would never play again, and he had to ‘apologise a lot for’. And for fans, it’s one you might instantly remember – All in Zoolander 2.

Of course, even well-regarded actors have lapses in judgment — which is where Benedict's turn as a nonbinary character in the 2016 flop Zoolander 2 comes in. In the film, Benedict played a NB model named All — and people were,

Benedict Cumberbatch was riding a high going into 2016. He was a wildly popular actor and sex symbol, and also noted for being a nice person. But then he threw a bucket of cold water on all that by taking a role widely seen as being offensive to non-binary people.

Hollywood star Benedict Cumberbatch has talked about a screen role, which he “wouldn’t do” now.In Ben Stiller’s 2016 comedy “Zoolander 2”, Cumberbatch played All, a character described as a non-binary fashion model.